sanctify

verb4

1. •
   To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.

   • And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. — 1611
2. •
   To free from sin; to purify.

   • And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. — 1611
3. •
   To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.

   • For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. — 1611
4. •
   To endorse with religious sanction.